Hendrik Hertzberg

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Hendrik Hertzberg (born 1943) is an American journalist, best known as the principal political commentator for The New Yorker magazine. He has also been a speechwriter for President Jimmy Carter and editor of The New Republic, and is the author of ¡Obámanos! The Rise of a New Political Era and Politics: Observations & Arguments. On January 22, 2009, Forbes named Hertzberg one of the "25 Most Influential Liberals in the U.S. Media", placing him at number seventeen.

Background and education

The son of Sidney Hertzberg, a journalist and political activist, and Hazel Whitman Hertzberg, a professor of history and education at Columbia University, Hertzberg was born in New York City and educated in the public schools of Rockland County, New York, and Harvard College, from which he graduated in 1965.

Career

Early years

He began his writing career at the Harvard Crimson and eventually served as managing editor including writing on local and national politics. In addition, he was president of the Liberal Union, had a jazz program on WHRB, and belonged to the Signet Society. Consumed by his Crimson duties, Hertzberg landed on academic probation for a semester, which required him to withdraw from all extracurricular activities. He managed to continue to write Crimson pieces anyway, under the pseudonym...Read More